# README — GDP Evolution in Latin America by Country (2000-2024)
## doi:10.7910/DVN/8H64DT | Version: 2.0 | Updated: 2026-03-19
## Author: de la Serna, Juan Moises | ORCID: 0000-0002-8401-8018
## Affiliation: International University of La Rioja (UNIR), Spain

## OVERVIEW
This dataset tracks nominal GDP in Latin America (2000-2024) for 11 major economies. Sources: World Bank, IMF WEO, ECLAC. Key findings: Brazil and Mexico account for approximately 50% of regional GDP; Venezuela contracted severely from 2013; COVID-19 caused approximately 6.8% regional contraction in 2020.

## FILES
| Filename | Type | Tag | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| README.md | Text | Documentation | Dataset overview and file index |
| CODEBOOK.md | Text | Documentation | Variable definitions for all files |
| METHODOLOGY.md | Text | Documentation | Data collection and processing methods |
| references_gdp.tab | Tabular | Documentation | Structured bibliography 18 primary sources |
| GDP_LatinAmerica_2000_2024.tab | Tabular | Data | Nominal GDP billions USD key years |
| GDP_Annual_Growth_LatinAmerica.tab | Tabular | Data | Annual GDP growth rates percent |
| GDP_PerCapita_LatinAmerica_2000_2024.tab | Tabular | Data | GDP per capita current USD and PPP |
| GDP_global_share_latam.tab | Tabular | Data | Share of world GDP percent per country |
| GDP_economic_structure_latam.tab | Tabular | Data | Sector contributions and trade openness |

## COUNTRIES (n=11)
Brazil BRA, Mexico MEX, Argentina ARG, Colombia COL, Chile CHL, Peru PER, Venezuela VEN, Ecuador ECU, Bolivia BOL, Uruguay URY, Paraguay PRY

## TEMPORAL COVERAGE
2000-2024 | Benchmarks: 2000, 2005, 2010, 2015, 2020, 2023, 2024

## SOURCES
- World Bank Open Data: https://data.worldbank.org
- IMF WEO April 2024: https://www.imf.org/en/Publications/WEO
- ECLAC CEPALSTAT: https://estadisticas.cepal.org/cepalstat/
- UNDP HDR 2023: https://hdr.undp.org

## LIMITATIONS
- Venezuela data from 2014 onward are estimates.
- 2024 GDP figures are IMF WEO preliminary estimates.

## LICENSE
Creative Commons CC0 1.0 Universal
http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0

## CITATION
de la Serna, Juan Moises, 2026, GDP Evolution in Latin America by Country (2000-2024), https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/8H64DT, Harvard Dataverse, V2.